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ImaginaryRoads t1_j63yxk2 wrote

I have not been there, no. Apparently, it's in the middle of the cemetery. You can try calling or emailing the cemetery and asking for directions, or section/row/grave number.

To find a grave by section / row / grave number: many cemeteries are split into sections, which hopefully have little signs near each area or are marked on a cemetery map, so you head for the section you're interested in. Next, start looking at the gravestones and (if they exist) the big "family name" markers in the center of family lots, or sometimes the tiny marker stones around the corners of a lot.

At this point, you're not really looking at the names; instead, look around the edges of the bottom of the stones, or around the back of the stones. What you'll often find (at least in many of the US cemeteries I've visited) is that maybe one in every 20 stones or so have little markings inscribed in an innocuous, easy-to-overlook place, something like 47-18-196 [sorry, I couldn't find any online images to explain what I mean here]. The first number is the section number, the second is the row, and the third is the plot or grave number. If the cemetery has them and you know enough to look for them, they really do make searching easier: you can tell when you're getting closer, and also when you're strayed entirely too far away.

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